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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (32407)	2/14/2011 8:13:24 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

>SmartSynch has about 140 utility customers currently that will be able to download the applications. One of the first applications is PayGo Electric, which will allow customers to prepay for their electricity. But the applications will not just focus on homes -- they are expected to span the entire smart grid, from transmission and distribution to customer offerings.< I mentioned something very much like this a few posts back. - "debit" utility accounts. Do you agree or disagree: Prepaid electricity is contracted at a price set at the time of contract, to remain fixed until the next prepayment and contract.